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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1904
Page
4
The East Hawaii County Board of Supervisors meets daily with careful, conservative handling of public interests. They aim to appoint capable, nonpartisan personnel and plan department reorganizations before setting salaries and forecasting finances amid the current Honolulu retrenchment climate.
A editorial critique praises Governor Carter for trimming expenses in Hawaii's public service. It likens waste to water sprouts choking productive growth, arguing deep cuts are needed to restore value and balance to the territorial treasury amid hard times. The piece frames layoffs and reform as necessary to revive fiscal health and virtue.
The Board of Health orders the removal of government physicians leaving Hilo without essential sanitary services. Dr. Stow, long trusted for safeguarding public health, is noted for handling crucial community issues with discretion and judgment.
A remark notes the Herald editor attended Board of Supervisors meetings hoping to snicker, marking a rare view of press presence at local government sessions and implying a lighthearted stance toward official proceedings.
In Hilo the new year brings slower business and tighter money yet brighter prospects. Cane fields promise larger sugar yields, banana shipments surge, pineapple and other crops grow, and shipping facilities should meet freight demand. Plans for Kohala-Hilo railroad advance quietly as harbor and land improvements loom. Political activity rises with a presidential race and county campaigns. The piece notes local government changes and criticizes a county official for diverting funds to Honolulu, highlighting tax payer burden and Honolulu labor.
Auditor J H Fisher faces scrutiny over a 12 000 appropriation for county office supplies and a push for local bids. The piece criticizes his failure to decentralize printing contracts, urging bids from Hilo printers and fair procurement practices for the island’s counties.
The Honolulu board moves to cut salaries, eliminating government physicians whose $30,420 payroll faces removal. President Cooper warns efficiency may suffer from cost cuts in a letter dated December 31, 1903, signaling possible further measures if finances tighten.
The executive committee of Hawaii's Republican Central Committee met to decide whether to retain the old Territorial Convention or choose a new one, with plans to reach agreement by mid January. They favored holding the next convention in Hilo to foster harmony, discussed travel by steamer, and proposed sending Governor Carter, Delegate Kuhio, Hon. Samuel Parker, and others to the National Convention, with islands naming their preferred delegates for final ratification.
A Territory wide cost cutting move abolishes the Government Physician post effective December 1903. The Board of Health, by unanimous vote, shifts duties to the County Act, cutting the Chief Health Officer position and trimming numerous city and island offices including the Sanitary Inspector and milk and pot inspector posts, with Dr Pratt becoming City Sanitary Inspector and Dr Monsarrat absorbing duties. The changes aim to save about 4500, 3600, 10800, 1800, 2700, and 1980 in various payrolls and duties.
The schedule lists Holy Eucharist at 7 30 a m matins and sermon at 11 a m evensong and sermon at 7 30 p m for the first Sunday after Epiphany.
Honolulu authorities announce a sweeping 50 percent reduction in current expenses and salaries starting January. Offices to consolidate, certain appropriations ignored, and hospital subsidies debated as Dr. Cooper and Governor Carter seek a balanced, debt-free start. Public works, leper settlement, and health services face large cuts.
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